Research Projects

Big6 site: http://www.big6.com/

Big6 handout: http://www.big6.com/files/Big6Handouts.pdf  (page 1 for a handout)

Note taking: http://www.big6.com/2009/07/26/big6-notetaking-template/

Check list: http://www.big6.com/files/CheckList_Writing_7-12.pdf

Graphic organizers:  http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/

Interactive list of steps in the research process: http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/

Fill in the blank outline maker: http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/NewOutlineMaker/NewOutlineMakerInput.aspx

Research Guide to Task Definition: http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/Big_Six_Step_1.asp

Student Friendly Tip Sheets for research process: http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/Research_Tip_Sheets.asp

Resource links for each step of the Big 6 process: http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm

Assignment Organizer with links to other research guides http://www.whslibrary.com/big6assignmentorganizer.htm

Creating a Research Assignment for your students

http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/assignment.html - a how-to on crafting a meaningful research task

Evaluating websites:

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html

http://www.radcab.com

http://www.whslibrary.com/websiteevaluationguide.htm

Using Boolean logic- teach students to be effective searchers by using Boolean terms

http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp

Evaluation Tools- build a rubric for you research product or for students to use to evaluate resources

www.rubistar.org

Possible Products

Webpage Podcast Video Ad Interview Newspaper Checklist Timeline Tip sheet Bookmark Advice column Editorial Encyclopedia entry Graffiti Invitation Quotations Traffic signs Dictionary Dance Play

Headlines Post cards Questionnaires Want ads Comic strip Directions Games Recipes Puzzles Slogans Graphs/charts Poll/s Photo essay Editorial Chapter titles Top ten list Instructions Analogies Journal Symbolism (e.g., road signs on a career highway)

List taken from NASA’s No Boundaries Project< http://www.usatoday.com/educate/NASA/formats.html>

Resources- this list is not complete

Books/ Periodicals/ Journals

Electronic Databases (available through the library)

Free Web (Students who use a website that they find on the internet should perform a website evaluation and should turn it in with their research notes.)

Pathfinders

Video/Audio recordings

Interviews

A Note about Wikipedia

Wikipedia and Academic Research- http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Wikipedia-Founder-Discourages/2305